Lately, my work at MD Anderson with patients, caregivers, and
employees has focused on mindfulness and breathing. This week as I worked with groups and
individuals I realized many of them find the fast pace of life positively
exhilarating, but also recognize they are losing pieces of themselves as they bend
time just to keep up. Many have given up
or forgotten the transformational power of silent self-time where exploring
their inner space leads to awareness, deep understanding, change, and
growth. Yesterday, as I addressed the
staff of Internal Medicine, I felt like an alchemist creating new life view possibilities
through the breathing techniques I was teaching.
You are probably wondering if this work has any real
impact. Monday, a young woman standing
in the elevator with me said, “Bill, I did what you suggested with my child and
husband at our evening prayer time, and started out with the breathing exercises
you taught our department, and it deepened our prayer experience together”. Wednesday, as I waited for my breathing
circle to start a faculty member who had been touched by my labyrinth work, sat
down next to me. She handed me a beautiful
book on labyrinths as a gift and told me, “Bill you have put me back in touch
with my spirituality, thank you”. Be an
alchemist today and reach out and touch someone and change their world!
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